Published on Web 12/20/2005
Biomolecular Embossing John P. Hulme,* Jihye Gwak, and Yuji Miyahara Bioelectronics Group, Biomaterials Center, National Institute of Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Japan Received August 24, 2005; E-mail:
[email protected] This communication describes a process utilizing soft lithography, replica molding, and hot and cold embossing in the transfer of DNA texture into poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET). The imprinting of biological structures may have useful properties in clinical platforms and microfluidics.1-3 Replica molding has been principally developed by the groups at IBM4 and Harvard,5-7 with an imprinted height of